Finanzierung für Gewässerrenaturierung

Funding for River Restoration

Publication: Infographic
Citation: Umweltbundesamt (2019): Funding for river restoration. Infographic. Online: uba.de/finrenat

River restoration costs money, but there are many funding instruments and grants that can be combined. In addition, compensatory measures and overlapping interests with other departments and stakeholders (e.g. flood protection, nature conservation) can be utilised. The infographics give examples of concrete support programmes and instruments for the financing of river restoration by the German Federal States, the German Federal Government, the European Union, local authorities and others.

The infographic is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0 license, i.e. it may be used unchanged if the author is named. The infographic is part of a series of four infographics on river restoration developed by Ecologic Institute for the German Federal Environment Agency's online platform on river restoration.

For local authorities, the costs of river restorations are often difficult to bear. Assistance is provided by programmes from the EU, ther German Federal Government, the German Federal States and other organisations.

Renaturierung von Fließgewässern: ein Blick in die Praxis

Abschlussbericht

Year 2021

Publication:Brochure

Cover of the publication "Our brooks and rivers". Background image shows a restored river basin.

This brochure provides insights into the contents of the Federal Environment Agency's online information platform "River restoration". The aim of the platform and this brochure is to motivate and support potential actors for increased implementation of river restoration measures. Therefore, basic knowledge on the ecological development of rivers and brooks is provided in a clear and understandable way. It also provides information on practical issues of planning, financing and land provision, but also on flood protection, nature conservation, agriculture and recreation. Restoration project examples further illustrate these topics. The brochure is available for download.

Unsere Bäche und Flüsse

renaturieren – entwickeln – naturnah unterhalten

Year 2020

Publication:Article

Cover of the German journal Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft 4/2020

This article introduces the German Federal Environment Agency's online information platform on river restoration. It was designed, compiled and implemented between 2017 and 2020 by Ecologic Institute, Planungsbüro Zumbroich and IGF Jena. The information platform provides basic knowledge on the restoration of rivers and serves to gain acceptance for restoration measures. It addresses towns and municipalities, water management authorities, water bodies associations, fishing associations and citizens' groups.

Mehr Aufmerksamkeit für gewässerökologische Maßnahmen

Umweltbundesamt startet Online-Informationsplattform zu Renaturierung von Fließgewässern

Year 2020

Publication:Document

Cover Website Concept River Restoration 2017

Kemper, Melanie, Georg Lamberty, Falko Wagner 2017: Informationsplattform Gewässerrenaturierung – Website Konzept, Berlin, September 2017, unpublished.

Informationsplattform Gewässerrenaturierung – Website Konzept

Year 2017

Publication:Website

This information platform provides information for potential actors of renaturation projects. The aim of river restoration is to return rivers and streams to their natural state and to improve their ecological status.

Information Platform on River Restoration

Year 2019

Publication:Video

The water landscape of the Hase and its tributaries Lower Saxony is ecologically upgraded. The dykes are relocated, floodplain revitalisations and watercourse conversions are carried out. This can only be done in close cooperation with all those involved, but above all with agriculture, which makes land available and extensifies uses.

Auenrevitalisierung in Kooperation mit der Landwirtschaft an der Hase

Revitalisation of River Hase's Floodplains in Cooperation with Farmers

Year 2019

Publication:Video

More than 20 individual measures were implemented to ensure the continuity and restoration of the Ruhr in Arnsberg. This resulted in a near-natural river landscape in the middle of the city. The restored Ruhr is increasingly shaping the cityscape. Flood protection has also improved significantly.

Steigerung der Erlebbarkeit der Ruhr im urbanen Raum

Increasing Nature Experience of the Ruhr in the Town of Arnsberg

Year 2019

Publication:Video

The river Wern in Franconia was modified in the 1930s in order to enable agriculture right up to the edge of the river. As a result, biotope and species diversity declined significantly. Since 1995, the Wern has been gradually regaining a near-natural state through systematic, sectional restoration measures.

Systematische Gewässerentwicklung an der Wern

Systematic river development on the Wern

Year 2019

Publication:Video

Long-term land management enabled extensive restoration of the river Nebel in Mecklenburg. In the lowland areas, construction measures were necessary because there is not enough flow velocity for a self-dynamic development. Restoration also increased ecosystem services such as carbon storage and landscape cooling.

Flächenmanagement und Gewässeraufwertung an der Nebel

Land Management and River Restoration at the River Nebel

Year 2019

Language: English
Credits: Concept: Melanie Kemper (Ecologic Institute)
Contents: Georg Lamberty (Planungsbüro Zumbroich), Falko Wagner (IGF Jena), Stephan Naumann (Umweltbundesamt)
Graphic design: Lena Aebli (Ecologic Institute)
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2019
Project: Information Platform for the Restoration of Rivers
Project ID: 3514
Keywords: Biodiversity

Communication

Digitalization

Water

financing, funding, costs, measures, river, restoration hydromorphology, Water Framework Directive, WFD

Germany

online, portal, platform, internet, website, infographic

Further Links

PublicationWebsiteInformation Platform on River Restoration

German Environment Agency (ed.) 2019: Renaturierung von Fließgewässern. Internetportal compiled by Kemper M., Lamberty G., Wagner F. and Zumbroich T. on behalf of the German Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau. URL: www.uba.de/renaturierung

PublicationInfographicMeasures for River Restoration

Measures for River Restoration

CC BY-ND 4.0 Umweltbundesamt 2019

Over 90% of German rivers and streams are straightened, constricted, piped or interrupted by structures such as weirs or barrages. Restoration can improve the ecological status and attractiveness of water bodies. Bulldozers are not always needed to restore a river.... Read more

Umweltbundesamt (2019): Measures for river restoration. Infographic. Online: uba.de/massrenat

PublicationInfographicPlanning and Implementation of Restoration Projects

Planning and Implementation of Restoration Projects

CC BY-ND 4.0 Umweltbundesamt 2019

The project schedule for river restoration projects can vary greatly. This flow chart shows the most important project steps. Natural river development is a complex undertaking. A well-structured planning management creates the prerequisites for a balanced solution and... Read more

Umweltbundesamt (2019): Planning and implementation of restoration projects. Infographic. Online: uba.de/planrenat

PublicationInfographicRiver Restoration in the Context of Different Interests

River Restoration in the Context of Different Interests

CC BY-ND 4.0 Umweltbundesamt 2019

Many interests come together when considering rivers. For restoration projects, new compromises must be reached and conflicts of use must be resolved through planning processes. Early, open and regular communication between all stakeholders increases the satisfaction... Read more

Umweltbundesamt (2019): River restoration in the context of different interests. Infographic. Online: uba.de/partrenat